‘Flight of the Conchords’ Taika Waititi in negotiations to direct ‘Thor: Ragnarok’

With Thor being the only Avenger to NOT appear in Captain America: Civil War next year. It looks like Marvel may have found a director for the third installment of Marvel’s Thor films. The Wrap is reporting that Flight of the Conchords director Taika Waititi is in negotiations to direct Thor: Ragnarok. Waititi beat out Ruben Fleischer (Gangster Squad), Rob Letterman (Goosebumps) and Rawson Marshall Thurber (Central Intelligence) for the gig.

Waititi’s other films include the vampire comedy What We Do In The Shadows and a few episodes of “The Inbetweeners.”